Chapter 125: Lip and tongue argument (Part 2)

Zaifeng gritted his teeth, stood up suddenly, staring at Xu Changqing with a gloomy face for a long time, and then said word by word: "Xu Changqing, you said so much that I just want me to help you stop his plan against the heavens. You keep saying that he will succeed in the heavens, and my Qing Dynasty will perish, but don't you just want my Qing Dynasty to perish? Isn't it just right for him to rebel against the heavens and change his fortune?

Facing Zaifeng's questioning, Xu Changqing seemed particularly calm and said slowly: "Why would the prince think that I want to let the Qing Dynasty perish? I am a Taoist practitioner, and secular rights disputes will only become my burden. The reason I helped the Chen family in the past was just to repay the favors of the master's sect, and the Chen family did not mean to destroy the Qing Dynasty. I believe Mr. Zhang knew this best, otherwise he would have led his troops to attack the Chen family, instead of cooperating with the Chen family, purchasing foreign machinery and building factories."

Obviously Zaifeng was not sure what Xu Changqing mentioned, so he looked at Zhang Zhidong and showed a look of inquiries. Zhang Zhidong, who had never spoken, nodded slightly and said, "The Lord Buddha did indeed order me to monitor the Chen family. If there was any abnormal movement, he would destroy it at all costs. However, later I learned that the Chen family had no intention of rebelling, so I reported to Lord Buddha and secretly cooperated with the Chen family to build a factory. Lord Buddha also agreed with this."

As he said that, Zhang Zhidong walked to one side of the room, opened a secret wall hidden inside the room wall, took out several sorted secret letters from it, and handed them to Zaifeng. Zaifeng took it and saw that the words on the letter were written by Cixi's personal handwriting, saying that he agreed to Zhang Zhidong to cooperate with the Chen family, but still had to monitor closely. At the end, there was a seal stamped by Cixi's unique jade seal. The other was a private letter from Emperor Guangxu who hoped to make friends with Xu Changqing through Zhang Zhidong. The content was roughly the talented person in Xu Changqing, hoping that he could become an official and assist his reform. The date was a week before the decision to reform.

After putting down the letter in his hand, Zaifeng's attitude towards Xu Changqing was less hostile, but he still looked at Xu Changqing coldly and asked: "Since Mr. Xu said that secular disputes are your burden, why do you still have to do this trip? And what does it mean to ask the Chen family to make friends with the Beiyang Army and the revolutionary rebels?"

Xu Changqing knew that the matter had almost succeeded, so he asked back: "I guess the prince should have heard about the great catastrophe of heaven and earth from the Xuangang Heavenly Demon?"

Zaifeng nodded and said, "He mentioned one thing, saying that as long as we can successfully change our fortune against the sky and the earth, the great disaster of heaven and earth will not affect our country's destiny."

"Hmph! He can only lie to you secular people. If the great catastrophe of heaven and earth can be avoided so easily, it will not be a great catastrophe of heaven and earth." Xu Changqing sneered and continued, "I can tell you the truth. The day when the Qing Dynasty's national fortune ends is the time when the great catastrophe of China begins. At that time, not only the secular world is involved in disasters, but even my cultivation world will not be able to escape disasters. Although I don't know what kind of calamity you will face, it is certain that the result will be a lifetime of death. If the Xuangang Heavenly Demon succeeds in changing his fortune against the heavens, the Qing Dynasty will perish immediately and disasters will come early. Not to mention me, I am afraid that most practitioners will be involved."

"According to what you say, we are still allies!" Zaifeng sneered himself and said.

"It's right to say this." Xu Changqing said with a expressionless expression: "You must have noticed these days, Prince, you should have noticed that with the arrival of the heaven-defying plan, the domestic disputes have become increasingly greater. This morning, I also read the morning newspaper. If I guess correctly, the person who proposed to secretly force the Beiyang Army to rebel should be the Xuangang Heavenly Demon!" With his questioning, Zaifeng couldn't help but nodded. Seeing this, he said: "Your Majesty, you may not know that the Beiyang Army's qi veins are connected with the fate of the Qing Dynasty. After the Beiyang Army is over, the fate of the Qing Dynasty will be almost done. At that time, the revolutionary party in the south will take the opportunity to resist the great disasters by using the power of change of fortune, and then mix into the revolutionary party, rely on the luck of the revolutionary party to rebirth through the disasters, and achieve the way of the demon god."

Zaifeng had already believed Xu Changqing's words at this moment. Coupled with the various power suppression of Xuangang Tianmo's previous efforts and the resentment accumulated by being placed in front of the stage by Xuangang Tianmo as a scapegoat, he no longer thought about it, slapped the table hard and asked in a deep voice: "Don't say it again! Tell me directly, how can we cooperate?"

Xu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief, smiled slightly, and then got a cup of tea from another teapot for Zaifeng, saying, "You drink this cup of tea first, remove the Gu that Xuangang Heavenly Demon planted in your body!"

Zaifeng stayed inside in the small building of Zhang's mansion for more than an hour. People outside the attic heard fierce quarrels from time to time. Then they saw Zaifeng walking out straight, and after getting into the sedan chair, they left Zhang's mansion and headed towards Feng Guozhang's mansion. Because Zaifeng's face was much more gloomy than before, many people thought that Zhang Zhidong must have embarrassed him a lot, and even some people were interested in asking about it. When Zaifeng left Zhang's mansion, Xu Changqing and Zhang Zhidong both stood in front of the windowsill in the attic, silently watching him disappear from the intersection. Xu Changqing's expression seemed relaxed, while Zhang Zhidong's expression was particularly solemn.

"Changqing, how much is the truth about what you said just now?" Zhang Zhidong asked suddenly.

"Really true and false, both true and false, even I can't figure it out." Xu Changqing did not give a positive answer, and said to Zhang Zhidong with a slight concern: "Old Zhang, you have worked for the Qing Dynasty for the rest of your life. It's time to rest."

"Salary? How easy is it to talk about!" Zhang Zhidong smiled bitterly, paused for a moment, and asked again: "You said before that the Empress Dowager and the late emperor were still alive, but they were living dead. Is that true?"

Xu Changqing nodded and said, "It's true! This is the content recorded in ancient books."

"I have a condition," Zhang Zhidong suddenly said with a solemn expression: "If you Xu Changqing have the ability, you will rescue the bodies of the Lord Buddha and the late emperor. Although you don't know where they have already returned, your body must have a proper arrangement. This is the last obligation that I, as a minister, can do."
Chapter completed!